Coca-Cola amends bylaws to modernize meeting mechanics and update officer titles

COCA COLA CO

Default location for annual meetings set to principal executive offices; virtual meetings explicitly permitted.
Deadline for shareowner proposals: not earlier than 150 days nor later than 120 days before prior year's annual meeting.
Board size default removed; minimum quorum set at one-third of authorized directors.
Titles of Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman eliminated; committee members may now appoint substitutes.
Changes effective October 19, 2023.

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Governance Changes SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06 confidence 0.9

COCA COLA CO: Amended and restated by-laws effective October 19, 2023, with updates to shareowner meeting mechanics, notice procedures for shareowner business, director election mechanics, board size default removal, committee operating mechanics, removal of certain officer titles, and other technical revisions (effective 2023-10-19).

Change: bylaw amendment
Effective: 2023-10-19

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Effective October 19, 2023, the Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company (the “Company”) adopted and approved amended and restated by-laws (the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”).

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